Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!
This week we have focused on Spring flowers and Easter. We shared the story, Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring and payed particular attention to Spring flowers. For science/understanding the world, we studied a variety of flowers and talked about why the flowers didn't...
Vincent van Gogh’s 12 Sunflowers
This week we have continued our plant/flower theme and focussed on Vincent van Gogh's Twelve Sunflower's in a Vase. We produced some stunning paintings of sunflowers as well as making booklets and drawings. In maths we played dominoes to improve our subitising skills....
Discovering Detectives in Nightingales
In Nightingales we have been reading Julia Donaldson's book 'The Highway Rat'. Yesterday we wrote expanded noun phrases to describe the appearance and the character of the Highway Rat. Today we have been detectives asking questions to find out more about the criminal...
Stepping into Spring!
We have made the most of the beautiful Spring weather this week and worked as a team to tidy our nursery garden. We weeded some of the planting boxes, raked leaves and washed some equipment. During our Friday outdoor session, we walked to our compost heap to deposit...
A live performance – Monday’s Child
The children in the Reception classes an in Key Stage 1 thoroughly enjoyed watching "Monday’s Child", a play directed by Darren Cheek. The play tells the story of the remembering and memories between an old woman and a little girl who sang, played, danced and dressed...
Red Nose Day and much more!
This week we have focused on the story, The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. During Maths we carefully printed some petals onto a numbered flower head using paint and our fingers. Some of us even drew some roots at the bottom of the flower's stem. We make some excellent...
Phonics & Reading for Reception Parents
Further to the Reading meeting in school this week, please find attached information about phonics and reading information for Reception aged parents. You can download the presentation Windy Nook - Phonics and early reading meeting information 2021 or watch it in...
Edible Plant Collages!
We have continued our plant topic this week. We finished off making some plant collages to show the structure of a plant which have been displayed in nursery and look fabulous. We made some fantastic edible plant collages using a range of salad and fruit. It was...
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum
This week in the Reception classes we have been focusing on Jack and the Beanstalk. We couldn’t believe when footsteps were left in our classroom. We used some super detective skills to work out who had left them, we discovered it was the Giant! We have looked at...
Mix a pancake, Stir a pancake, Pop it in a pan.
This week we have been reading the book Mr Wolf's Pancakes. We have also been learning all about Shrove Tuesday and Lent. We had a fantastic Pancake day making, choosing a delicious topping and then eating pancakes. We also had fun learning lots of pancake songs and...
Pancakes, World Book Day and much more!
We have had a super busy week! We started our new topic this week which focuses on plants. We read the book, A Seed in Need which informed us about what a seed and plant need to grow. We learned the names of the different parts of a plant and some of us made a collage...
More fun on World Book Day!
As you'll see in another post, World Book Day was celebrated enthusiastically by staff and children at Windy Nook this week! 3rd March is a day to revel in a love of books and reading, to celebrate the amazing places books can take us and to share our favourite...